Jeff Rizzo has announced the availability of the first release candidate for NetBSD 6.1: "The first release candidate of NetBSD 6.1 is now available for download. NetBSD 6.1 will be the first feature update for the NetBSD 6 branch. There are many new drivers, some new features, and many bug fixes. Highlights include: bug fixes and feature improvements to NPF, the NetBSD Packet Filter; improvements to several ARM platforms, including Raspberry Pi which now has nearly-complete support; support for dtrace on amd64; MIPS ports switched to gdb 7.3.1, gdb6 removed; additional device support in key drivers including wm(4), uftdi(4), mfi(4), bge(4), aac(4), tlp(4) and others; various port-specific improvements to the amiga, arm, sparc64 and x68k ports." Here is the brief release announcement with a link to a full changelog. Installation CD images for 51 processor architectures are available for download from here; quick link to the amd64 image: NetBSD-6.1_RC1-amd64.iso (331MB, MD5, torrent).

NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like Open Source operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit AlphaServers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through The NetBSD Packages Collection.

The NetBSD project has announced a second security update to the highly portable operating system's 7.0.x branch. The new release, NetBSD 7.0.2, mostly fixes bugs and potential crashes in the operating system's core components. "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.0.2, the second security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 7.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. If you are running an earlier release of NetBSD, we strongly suggest updating to 7.0.2." In addition, the OpenSSL, ntp and BIND components have updated: "Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1u. Update ntp to 4.2.8p8. Update BIND to 9.10.4-P3. Fix several protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries. libsa getpass: check bounds on input." The project's release announcement, the release notes for NetBSD 7.0.2 and the detailed changes file have further information on the new update. Download (MD5): NetBSD-7.0.2-amd64.iso (372MB, torrent), NetBSD-7.0.2-i386.iso (405MB, torrent).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the release of NetBSD 7.0.1, the first bug-fix and security update of the project's 7.x release branch: "The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.0.1, the first security/bug-fix update of the NetBSD 7.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons. If you are running an earlier release of NetBSD, we strongly suggest updating to 7.0.1." This brief release announcement was published on the NetBSD blog, with a detailed changelog provided in the release notes. Some of the technical changes include: "Add wip.pkgsrc.org to ssh_known_hosts; void 'vnconfig -l' infinite loop with netbsd-6 or older userland; avoid a crash when mounting an ados file system; avoid a panic when unplugging a mounted umass(4) device; don't leak garbage from the kernel stack on sleep(0) and equivalents; fix ARM1136 function selection...." This NetBSD release is available for 54 processor architectures; quick links to download the installation ISO images for the amd64 and i386 platforms: NetBSD-7.0.1-amd64.iso (372MB, MD5, torrent), NetBSD-7.0.1-i386.iso (405MB, MD5, torrent).

The NetBSD project has announced the release of NetBSD 7.0. NetBSD is a highly portable operating system which runs on most CPU architectures. The latest release features several improvements, including better graphics performance, multiprocessor ARM support and NetBSD has been tested on Raspberry Pi 2 and BeagleBoard mini computers. This release also includes the blacklist daemon (blacklistd), a service which protects network services from brute force attacks. "The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 7.0, the fifteenth major release of the NetBSD operating system. This release brings stability improvements, hundreds of bug fixes, and many new features. Some highlights of the NetBSD 7.0 release are: DRM/KMS support brings accelerated graphics to x86 systems using modern Intel and Radeon devices. Multiprocessor ARM support. Support for many new ARM boards: Raspberry Pi 2, ODROID-C1, BeagleBoard, BeagleBone, BeagleBone Black, MiraBox, Allwinner A20, A31: Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, Banana Pi, etc. Freescale i.MX50, i.MX51: Kobo Touch, Netwalker, Xilinx Zynq: Parallella, ZedBoard...." A full list of changes and improvements can be found in the project's release notes. Download: NetBSD-7.0-amd64.iso (371MB, MD5, torrent), NetBSD-7.0-i386.iso (404MB, MD5, torrent).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the availability of a new NetBSD 7.0 release candidate. The new development release, NetBSD 7.0-RC3, offers users a number of new features, particularly for people who run small hobbyist computers like the Raspberry Pi. "On behalf of the NetBSD release engineering team, it is my distinct pleasure to announce that the third release candidate of NetBSD 7.0 is now available for download. As the old Schoolhouse Rock song tells us, three is a magic number. We're hoping that RC3 will be the magic/last release candidate of 7.0. Some of the changes since 7.0_RC2 are: Add a resize_root boot operation (disabled by default). If resize_root=YES in rc.conf then the system attempts to resize the root file system to fill its partition prior to mounting read-write. Enable SMP on Raspberry Pi 2. evbarm: Rename beagleboard.img to armv7.img. The new image includes the same kernels as beagleboard.img plus support for Raspberry Pi 2, ODROID-C1, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, Hummingbird A31, and Banana Pi. evbarm: For armv7.img and rpi.img, enable support for auto-growing the SD card root file system..." More details are available in the project's release announcement. Installation images for NetBSD's many supported architectures can be found on the project's servers. Here are quick links to the amd64 and i386 images (MD5): NetBSD-7.0_RC3-amd64.iso (372MB), NetBSD-7.0_RC3-i386.iso (405MB).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the availability of the second release candidate for the upcoming NetBSD 7.0: "On behalf of the NetBSD project, it is my pleasure to announce the second release candidate of NetBSD 7.0. Some of the changes since 7.0_RC1 are: OpenSSL updated to 1.0.1p; BIND updated to 9.10.2-P2; IPSEC support is now included by default in Xen kernels; fix several security issues in calendar(1); installboot(8) now supports wedge names; fix a quota panic when using WAPBL (PR 49948); fix a memory leak in the drm2 code; avoid an X crash on i915 DRMKMS; add a postinstall(8) check to ensure that /etc/man.conf reflects the modern mandoc world (PR 50020); add a postinstall(8) check to ensure that /etc/fonts/fonts.conf is up to date; tset(1) - fix handling of the erase character; gdb(1) - fix attaching to a running process again after previously detaching; NPF - handle unregistered interfaces correctly; npfctl(8) - fix a NULL dereference...." Read the release announcement for further details. Installation CD images are available for several dozens of architectures; here are the quick links to download the amd64 and i386 images (MD5): NetBSD-7.0_RC2-amd64.iso (372MB), NetBSD-7.0_RC2-i386.iso (405MB).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the availability of the first release candidate for NetBSD 7.0. The new development release, NetBSD 7.0 RC1, introduces several new features that have been developed since NetBSD 6.0 was launched. The release candidate includes GPT support, the ability to run NetBSD on several new ARM boards (including the Raspberry Pi 2 and Cubieboard 2), and improvements to NetBSD's packet filter (NPF). "On behalf of the NetBSD project, it is my pleasure to announce the first release candidate of NetBSD 7.0. Many changes have been made since 6.0. Here are a few highlights: greatly improved support for modern Intel and Radeon graphics hardware through a port of the Linux DRM/KMS code; most X.Org components have been updated; ARM multiprocessor support; support for new ARM boards; GPT support in sysinst; Lua kernel scripting; multiprocessor USB stack; many improvements to NPF, the NetBSD packet filter; GCC 4.8.4 (and optionally, LLVM/Clang 3.6.1)...." More details can be found in the release announcement. Downloads (MD5): NetBSD-7.0_RC1-amd64.iso (371MB), NetBSD-7.0_RC1-i386.iso (404MB).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the release of NetBSD 5.2.3 and 5.1.5, the project's legacy versions in the 5.2 and 5.1 release branches: "The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 5.1.5, the fifth security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 5.1 release branch, and NetBSD 5.2.3, the third security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 5.2 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of either branch, we strongly suggest that you update to one of these releases. For more details, please see the release notes at NetBSD-5.1.5.html and NetBSD-5.2.3.html. Complete source and binaries for NetBSD are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found here." This is the brief release announcement. Quick download links to the amd64 installation images: NetBSD-5.2.3-amd64.iso (241MB, MD5, torrent), NetBSD-5.1.5-i386.iso (242MB, MD5, torrent).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the release of NetBSD 6.1.5, the latest stable version of NetBSD incorporating fixes to all recent security vulnerabilities: "The NetBSD project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.5, the fifth security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.6, the sixth security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of either branch, we strongly suggest that you update to one of these releases." Some of the critical security advisory fixes include: "libXfont multiple vulnerabilities; multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities; bozohttpd basic http authentication bypass; multiple vulnerabilities in the execve system call; multiple vulnerabilities in the compatibility layers; user-controlled memory allocation in the modctl system call...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (MD5) links to amd64 and i386 installation images: NetBSD-6.1.5-amd64.iso (331MB, torrent), NetBSD-6.1.5-i386.iso (314MB, torrent).

Soren Jacobsen has announced the release of NetBSD 6.1.4, the latest stable version of NetBSD incorporating all the recent security and bug fixes, including a fix to OpenSSL's "heartbleed" vulnerability. Simultaneously, the 6.0 branch was updated to version 6.0.5. From the release announcement: "The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.4, the fourth security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch, and NetBSD 6.0.5, the fifth security and bug-fix update of the NetBSD 6.0 release branch. They represent a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, and if you are running a prior release of either branch, we strongly suggest that you update to one of these releases." Important security fixes include: "posix_spawn unbounded kernel memory allocation; OpenSSL information disclosure." Read the release notes for a full list of changes. Download (MD5) links to amd64 and i386 installation images: NetBSD-6.1.4-amd64.iso (331MB, torrent), NetBSD-6.1.4-i386.iso (314MB, torrent).

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